"Dioxin releases in waste incinerations and thermal processes"
Neeta Thacker1, Sanjay Kashyap, Javed Sheikh
1National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440020, India. np_thacker@neeri.res.in
Abstract:
The releases of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) from waste incinerators and thermal processes were investigated. The characteristics of mean PCDD/Fs I-TEQ concentrations and congener profiles were studied over the samples of water, soil, fly ash and bottom ash of individual source. The TEQ value for fly ash ranges from 0.013 to 17.01 pg-TEQ/g. Moreover, the TEQ value for bottom ash was 12.06 pg-TEQ/g and the TEQ values for the water samples were found to be in a consistent range from 0.41-0.56 ng-TEQ/L. In almost all the analyzed matrices the congener OCDD/OCDF was found in highest concentration raising the critical concerns over the overall PCDD/Fs emissions from incinerations and thermal processes.
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